The signing ceremony of the General Annals of Chinese Basketball program was held at the Balitai Campus of Nankai University on April 8.Chen Yulu, President of Nankai University, and Yao Ming, President of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), signed a cooperation agreement on behalf of the two parties.Also present at the ceremony are Guo Zhenming, Chief of Basketball Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China and the CBA and Vice Chairman of the CBA; Wang Fang,
Recently, the establishment of “Frontier Science Center for the Creation of New Organic Substances at Nankai University was approved by the Ministry of Education, marking a breakthrough in Nankai University’s establishment of a national major basic research platform.In line with the trend of precision, refined, integrated and intelligent creation of new materials, the Frontier Science Center for the Creation of New Organic Substances works to meet China’s major strategic needs for green developm
The first “Ingenuity Cup” National Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Competition concluded recently. After several rounds of competition, the team jointly formed by the Computer Vision Laboratory of the College of Computer Science of Nankai University and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. won first place at the national finals of the first “Ingenuity Cup National Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Competition and first place in the sustainability for AI track. The entry was
Recently, the Ministry of Education announced theapproval for the establishment of Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for “Data and Intelligent System Security” at Nankai University. The College of Cyber Science of Nankai University spearheaded the establishment of “Data and Intelligent System Security laboratory, with Professor Liu Zheli as the director. The laboratory focuses on the whole life cycle of data collection, use, transmission, storage, sharing and destruction. It conducts basic re
From March 17 to 19, the 4th CAST Young Talent Nurturing Program and Talent Development Forum and the 7th China Youth Forum on Operations Research were held in Tianjin. The forum was hosted by the Operations Research Society of China and co-organized by the Youth Working Committee of the Operations Research Society of China and the School of Statistics and Data Science of Nankai University. The forum was attended by dozens of experts and scholars from higher education institutions and research i
Recently, the “Microbial Electricity plus” research team of the College of Environmental Science and Engineering of Nankai University introduced a new strategy to realize rapid BOD measurement by using the competitive switching of electrotrophic and heterotrophic pathways of facultative bacteria.The research team isolated and obtained a strain ofAcinetobacter venetianusRAG-1 with both electrotrophic and heterotrophic respiration from microbial electroactive biofilms (EABs) over a period of five
Out of thousands of candidates from over 1200 universities all over the world, Nankai University student Fuqin (Kook) Hu is one of 10 global recipients of the McCall MacBain Scholarships at McGill University in Montréal, Canada.Designed to encourage purposeful leadership, the McCall MacBain Scholarships enable students to pursue a fully funded master’s or professional degree at McGill, while participating in mentorship, coaching, and a leadership development program.Kook is one of two students f
Recently, the research findings entitled “Zeolite-encaged mononuclear copper centers catalyze CO2selective hydrogenation to methanol” by Nankai University was published inNational Science Review. Drs. Chai Yuchao and Qin Bin from the College of Chemistry of Nankai University, are co-first authors, and professor Li Landong is the corresponding author. Zeolite-encaged mononuclear copper ions (Cu@FAU; Fig. 1) was designed and constructed, and heterolytic activation of hydrogen molecule and subseque
The 2022 “Shenzhen Cup” Mathematical Modeling Challenge, jointly organized by China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the Shenzhen Association for Science and Technology, successfully concluded. Nankai University team composed of Shuai Jiawei, Chen Guangzheng and Yu Jian from the School of Statistics and Data Science won the only special prize in the national competition. Two other teams won the second prize, and one team won the third prize, placing Nankai University the first
The finals of the 7th National Cryptography Competition came to an end in Wuhan on March 18. The entry entitled “Realization of Cloud-based Password Manager” submitted by the team of Cai Yuzhu, Duan Yihe and Xu Yuanyi, students from the College of Computer Science and the College of Cyber Science, won the first prize. The entry entitled “Design and Realization of Password Leakage Query System” submitted by the student team composed of Xu Minghu, Li Yutong and Huang Jingzhang won the second prize
Recently, the research findings entitled “Mammalian-brain-inspired neuromorphic motion-cognition nerve achieves cross-modal perceptual enhancement” from the College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering at Nankai University were published in the world-renowned academic journalNature Communications. According to this paper, flexible artificial synapse devices are used to develop a neuromorphic motion perception system, which realizes the brain’s multi-sensory functions at hardware lev
Recently, the team led by Professor Huanan Li and Professor Jingjun Xu of the School of Physics of Nankai University, in collaboration with the team led by Professor Andrea Alù of the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) of the City University of New York and Professor Boris Shapiro of the Israel Institute of Technology, discovered that a stationary charge embedded in anisotropic photonic time crystals (APTCs) can extract energy from time modulation to produce coherent radiation and then coup
A research team led by ProfessorLi Zongjin of Nankai University School of Medicine designed and prepared an engineered extracellular vesicle targeted specifically at injured endothelial cells. This engineered extracellular vesicle, which targets P-selectin, a surface marker on injured endothelial cells, can deliver the therapeutic functional molecules it carries to the kidney that suffered the ischemic injury and indicate the extent of kidney injury through the imaging molecules it carries, ther
The third edition ofOpticsco-edited by Mr. Mu Guoguang and Mr. Zhan Yuanling was published recently by Higher Education Press.The bookOpticsis positioned as a basic textbook on physical optics and a self-study reference book for scientists and technicians. It can be divided into three parts: geometrical optics and basic principles of optical instruments, wave optics and its important applications in work, life and technology, as well as photonics and the basic principles of laser and quantum opt
March 4, 2023 was the 4th United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Engineering Dayfor Sustainable Development(WED). Professor Gong Ke,Immediate PastPresident of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), Chair of the Academic Committee of Nankai University, was invited to Portugal, Spain and France to attendWEDinternational celebrations, andperform his duties in the WFEO by attendingWFEO Executive Board and Executive Council Meetings, deeply e